Stock-car



2 sheets-sheet 1.

(No Model.)

STOCK GAR.

. Patented Mar; 2, 1886.

WITNEEEEE- mf M N. Prrzn. Fhoufmnognpher. wnhingwn, n. c4

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

G.D.BURT0N. STOCK GAR.

No. 337,240. Pat A pf |9-L @D v y m w 2 0 l t z l WTNEEEEE- MGM? N. Pneus, Phmmhugmpm, wuningm D. c4

ilnrrnn STATES .afrmvr erica.

GEORGE D. BURTON, OF NEW IPSVIOH, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

STOCK-CAR.

PECIFECATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 337,240. dated March 2l 1886.

Application illed December 26, 1885. Serial No. 186,763. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE D. BURTON, of New Ipswich, county of Hillsborough, State ofNew Hampshire,have invented an Improvement in Stock-Cars, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relating to a car for transporting live stock consists, mainly, in a novel arrangement of the appliances within the car, and in novel details of construc.iou of some of said appliances.

Theinvention is embodied in a car without vertical partitions, having doors in its sides midway between its ends, and appliances for fastening the animals and feeding them arranged along either side of the car, the animals in one end of the car facing in the opposite direction to those at the other end and standing across the car, so that the weight of the load is evenly balanced. Troughs are provided to receive the food and water for the animals, the said troughs being pivoted, so that they may be inverted for the purpose of cleaning, and being provided with means for thus inverting them. The troughs are com' posed of cast-metal heads or end pieces provided with iianges and journals, and of sheetmetal side pieces riveted to the said heads and forming a tight joint therewith, so that the water used in the troughs cannot reach the rivets and cause them to rust, as is likely to occur when the troughs are made wholly of sheet metal. j

Figure l is a side elevation of a stock-car embodying this invention; Fig. 2, ahorizontal section thereof on linear fr; Fig. 3, a longitudi-l nal vertical section; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section on line y y, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a de` tail showing a portion of the end of one of the troughs and itsjournal and bearing on a larger scale; and Fig. (i, a sectional detail of the end portion of one ot'. the feed-troughs.

The car-body u, with its running-gear, may be of anysuitable or usual construction, being provided with doors b Zi in its sides, midway between its ends, the entire space within the car being without vertical partitions, or forming, practically, a singlecompartment. Each side of the car between the doors b b and the ends ofthe car contains a feed-trough, c c. preferably having thespace below it boxed oft or separated from the body of the car by a vertical partition or sheathing, d, preferably concave, as shown in Fig. 3, to prevent injury to the animals. The box below the trough contains a stationary trough or gutter, d', inclined downward from the middle toward the end of the car, so that the remnants of feed will be washed out at the end of the car. The said sheathing d is surmounted bya fasteningrail, e, provided with rings or fastening devices f, to which the animals are tied, and when the car is used for large animals the feed-troughs in either end of the car are only at one side thereof and are at oppositesides in the opposite ends, as bestshown in'Fig. 2, so thathalfofthe animals face across the car in one direction and the other half in the opposite direction, thereby distributing the weight evenly in the car.

The sheathingf, Fig. 4, at the end of the feed-trough, extends from the framepiece at one side of the door to an upright, g, extending from the bottom to the top of the car, and rounded, as shown, so as to present no corners to injure the animals.

The feed-troughs c c are composed of castmetal heads provided with jou rnals i', resting in bearings connected with the end of the car and with the sheathing or partitionf at the end of the feed-trough, near the middle of the car, the said end pieces being about half round in shape, as shown, and provided with a flange, t, to which the main body i3 of the trough, composed of sheet metal-such, for instance, as galvanized iron-bent to the proper shape,is attached by rivetst, the flange t2 being of suiiicient thickness to securely hold the said rivets, and thejoint between the said flange and the sheet-metal sides t3 being so tight as to prevent the water supplied to the said trough from reaching the rivets and causing them to rust so asto' weaken the joint. The journals t" are substantially centrally located with relation to the troughs, but above the center of gravit-y,so that the troughs naturally hang in operative position,and will themselves return to this position if moved therefrom accidentally or otherwise.

The troughs are inverted for the purpose of emptying their contents beneath them by a deq vice shown as consisting of a chain, k, connected with the front of the trough and eX- tending out through a bushing, la', and provided with the handle k2, outside the car, so that an attendant by pulling on the said handle will cause the trough to be inverted, after which, by releasing the said chain, the trough will be turned to its normal position by its own weight, a stop, m, (see Fig. 4,) limiting its movement when thus turned hack. The troughs are so arranged that in turning, the front side or side next the'animals moves downward, so that in case an animal should step on the trough it would yield and the animal would naturally remove his hoof, and the trough re turn to its normal position wit-hout being damaged or brokeii,as it might be ifarranged ot herwise The sides of the car are provided with doors n, through which the fodder may be supplied to the animals, and the car is provided at the middle with a funnelshaped receptacle, o, closed by a cover, p, in the top of the car, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) into which water may be delivered from the roadside crane, the said funnel being provided with pipes 1^ r', extending to the feed-troughs cc. l

If drsired, acar of this general arrangement may he used with an intermediate licor or deck, so as to contain small animals, and it will then preferably be provided with troughs along both sides at both ends of the car, as indicated in dotted lines in the right-hand part of Fig. 2.

I claiml. The oar-bodya, formingasingle compartment, combined with doors b b at an intermediate point on either side, and centrallypivoted feedtroughsand fastening devices extending from the said doors to the'ends of the ear,along the sides thereof', for accommodating animals standing transverse to f the length 0f the car, and the Watcr'receptaclc o at the middle of the car, and branch pipes leading therefrom to the feed-troughs, substantially, as described.

v 2. In a stock-car, the combination, with a centrally-pivoted feed-trough of an actuating device for inverting the same, consisting ofthe flexible cord or chain 7c, connected with the trough iiea'r one side and extending across beneath the trough and out through an opening in the side ofthe causubstantially as described.

3. In a stoclocar, a feed-trough composed of end pieces, t', provided with journals t" and Hanges i2, combined with sheet-metal sides i3, Secured to the said flanges'by rivets, substantially'as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilicationiu the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEO. D. BURTON.

Witnesses:

Jos. P. LIVERMORE,

H. P. BATES. 

